Taylor storm history

A 40 year old man was killed, while driving on Route 50, when a large tree branch struck his vehicle.

Hail as large as baseballs fell. The county emergency manager and insurance companies, tallied over 800 damaged vehicles in the county with dents, windows cracked, or rear windows smashed out. The emergency manager told the National Weather Service it looked like someone had take…

Near the town of Flemington, almost a dozen trees were blown down.

Tree damage in the Brydon area resulted in local power outages.

Several trees and power lines were blown down across Webster Pike near Tygart Lake State Park.

Route 50 in Pruntytown was completely flooded due to a nearby stream spilling out of its banks. Flooding also was observed throughout Northern Taylor County along back roads and poor drainage areas.

Beverly Pike Road was blocked by three downed trees south of White Hall.

A tree brought down live power lines near the intersection of Webster Pike and Trap Springs Road.

A tree was blown down near the intersection of Country Club Road and Turner Road.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down in and around Grafton.

North of Grafton, a tree was blown down along Thornton Pike and power lines were downed along Cofran Street.

Trees were blown down along Berry Run Road near the town of Flemington.

Flooding was observed on Beverly Pike.

In Meadland, flooding was observed along Meadland and Morrow Cross Road.

Flooding was observed at East Veterans Memorial Highway.

Flooding was observed at Seth Court in Bridgeport.

Two trees down around the town of Grafton on Lost Run Road and Webster Pike.

A tree was blown down on McVicker Road near Tygart Lake State Park. Another tree was downed onto Simpson Road near Flemington.

Road closed from flooding at the intersection of Route 50 and Gawthorp Road.

Power outages were observed around the Tygart Lake area due to downed trees and power lines.

In the Grafton area, two roads were temporarily closed as a result of high water. These included Yates Avenue and Newlon Street near the Northwestern Turnpike.

One tree fell down and laid across the road on Trap Springs Road.

Trees were downed onto Berry Run Road north of Flemington.

One tree was blown down onto a road in Grafton.

Near the town of Grafton, a tree was blown down onto a local road.

Trees and wires were downed through several communities in the county. This led to over 8,000 homes to be without power for a time.

Power outages were observed across the western half of the county due to downed trees and power lines.